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Information Services (Reference Services) Lab (Ichiro Ohba)
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The lab studies library information services and the people who provide them.
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Exploring library information services and the people who provide them.
Lecturer Ichiro Ohba's lab studies how library information services (reference services) should work, and what kind of people should provide them.
The lab mainly focuses on public libraries, school libraries, and university libraries.
For graduation research, students start from their own concerns and areas of interest and study topics such as library services, reading activities, and the training of library staff.
Key terms
- Reference services
- Information services that answer users' research questions and inquiries using a library's materials and information sources
- Lifelong learning
- Learning that continues throughout life, including after formal schooling has ended
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies how library information services should work and what kind of people should provide them. It mainly focuses on public libraries, school libraries, and university libraries.
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- LecturerIchiro Ohba
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Simon Room mezzanine bookshelves” MSwierenga / CC0 (cropped)
- Library services and library staff: “Holman Library interior (2)” Steven and Nadine Pavlov / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Book Recommendation (Keita Tsuji) Lab): “NYC Public Library Research Room Jan 2006” Diliff / CC BY 2.5 (cropped)
- Related lab (Public Library Studies Lab (Yuko Yoshida)): “Library desk, Reading Room, Mitchell Building” Pix Magazine Photographer / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (School Libraries Lab (Haruki Ono)): “Students at the library of Taihoku High School 02” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Children and Youth Reading Lab): “StateLibQld 2 125327 Group of children sitting on the grass reading books” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
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